Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The US Department of Commerce will be releasing the second revised GDP estimates today. The GDP estimates cover the first three months of the year. The initial GDP estimates, as per the advance GDP report, saw the US economy rising 3.2% in…
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The economic calendar for the week ahead will see GDP themes and monetary policy dominating the headlines. This comes against the larger backdrop of the escalating trade wars and political changes. Switzerland, Canada, and the United…
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The latest monthly jobs report from Australia saw the unemployment rate rising unexpectedly to 5.2%. Economists had forecast that the unemployment rate would fall to 5.0%. Revisions to March’s report saw the unemployment rate being revised…
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The monthly retail sales report will be released today. The official data from the US Census Bureau is forecast to show that consumer spending in retail could slow in April. This comes after retail sales rose the most in two years in…
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Tomorrow is a very big day for the euro according to the economic calendar. There's plenty of data on tap that could potentially move the currency. Arguably the most important figure is the German quarterly GDP. This is because it is…
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The markets will be getting a preliminary glance into how the US economy performed as the first quarter GDP report will be coming out later this afternoon. The report from the Department of Commerce is forecast to show a 2.2% increase in…
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Until a few months ago, the Canadian economy was firing on all cylinders. The Bank of Canada responded with hiking interest rates while maintaining a hawkish view. But since October last year, the BoC has put a break on the rate hikes.…
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The US Commerce Department will be releasing the final revised fourth-quarter GDP figures this week on Thursday. Economists polled forecast that the US economic growth will slow to a pace of 2.4% on the quarter. This marks a downward…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia held its monetary policy meeting last week on Tuesday morning. The central bank left interest rates unchanged at 1.50%, as it has done since August 2016. The markets widely anticipated this move. However,…
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The U.S. Department of Commerce released the much-delayed GDP report for the third quarter last week. Data showed that the U.S. economy posted one of the best years of growth in nearly a decade. This marks a strong period of expansion,…
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